Improvement in hame-tug loops



BETTIOE. HamQ-TugLoop.

No. 215.558.. -Patented May 20,1879.

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MYERS S. BETTIOE, OF ATTICA, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAME-TUG LOOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,558, dated May 20,1859; application filed March 25, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYERS S. BETTIGE, of Attica, in the county ofFountain, and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Haine-Tug Loops;

, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a loop for the annexed drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview, showing a hame-tug and trace with my hame-tug loop appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is adetailed view of the loop. v

A represents the hame-tug, and B is the end of the trace.

My hame-tug loop is constructed of a plate, 0, having its on ds turnedat right angles thereto to form the side arms or cars, D D. In thecenter of the plate 0 is a projecting pin or tongue, a. Each side plateor ear D has a semicircular opening, I), from the center of the straightside of which extends a slot, d, nearly to the end of the ear. F is asemicircular or half-round key, of such size as to pass through theopening b in either ear D, and at each end of said key is a half-roundlug, h, havinga shoulder, i, at its outer end.

The plate 0 is placed against the hame-tug A at any point desired, withthe tongue at entering a hole therein, as shown in Fig. 2, and the earsD I) projecting on the sides of the tug. The key F is then passedthrough the opening b in one of the ears D until the key fits betweenthe ears and simply the lugs h h project through the same. The key isthen turned around, when it cannot become detached, but remains in theloop 0 D. The end of the trace B can then be easily pushed under thekey, which moves outward by reason of the lugs h entering the slots d,the flat side of the key being against the trace and the round side out.

This loop can be easily changed on the hametug as required for holdingthe end of the trace, according as the trace is lengthened or shortened,and when the end of the trace is thus held it will not sag outward, asis often the case in ordinary harness.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is a 1. A hame-tug loop consistingof the plate 0, with ears D D, and a removable and reversible key, F,substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the plate 0, having tongue-a, the ears D, withhalf-round openings b and slots (1, and the half-round key F,

with lugs h at each end, substantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this19th day of March, 1879.

MYERS S. BETTICE. Witnesses:

ISAAC E. ScHooNovER, 7 CHARLES SHrPPs.

